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I get often asked by customers about my schedule, so they can book a class with me. This page now shows my scheduled Live Virtual Classes. I deliver most of my public classes in that format and you can attend from all over the world :-)

Unlike most other IT exams that are done as multiple choice tests, the OCM exam means two days of hands-on practical tasks. No chance you can pass it by just reading books or brain dumps and learning by heart without deep understanding. Without years of practical experience with Oracle database administration – don’t even think about it. Even as a seasoned DBA, you won’t find it easy to pass the OCM exam. Why is that so?

Many thanks to the board for organizing this event, I really enjoyed being there! Actually, the Broker demonstration went not so smoothly – always dangerous to do things live – but I managed to get out of the mess in time and without losing too much of the message I wanted to get through. At least that’s what I hope ;-)

I’m really looking forward to speak at the Oracle User Group Norway Spring Seminar 2015, together with my dear colleague Joel Goodman! For sure it’s one of the highlights this year in terms of Oracle Events.

With Data Guard, you have the choice between Physical and Logical Standby databases. Let’s see the differences! My demo starts with a Physical Standby, that is then converted into a Logical Standby (therefore the name of the database):

Automatic Storage Management (ASM) is becoming the standard for good reasons. Still, the way it mirrors remains a mystery for many customers I encounter, so I decided to cover it briefly here.

ASM Basics: What does normal redundancy mean at all?

It means that every stripe is mirrored once. There is a primary on one disk and a mirror on another disk. All stripes are spread across all disks. High redundancy would mean that every primary stripe has two mirrors, each on another disk. Obviously, the mirroring reduces the usable capacity: It’s one half of the raw capacity for normal redundancy and one third for high redundancy. The normal redundancy as on the picture safeguards against the loss of any one disk.

Where is the most recent information?

MOS Note 888828.1 is your first read whenever you think about Exadata Patching

What is to patch with which utility?

Expect quarterly bundle patches for the storage servers and the compute nodes. The other components (Infiniband switches, Cisco Ethernet Switch, PDUs) are less frequently patched and not on the picture therefore.

The Oracle circus went to Liverpool this year for the annual conference of the UK Oracle User Group and it was a fantastic event there! Top speakers and a very knowledgeable audience too, I was really impressed by the quality we have experienced. Together with my friends and colleagues Iloon and Joel, I was waving the flag for Oracle University again – and it was really fun to do so :-)